On Tuesday, the New York Knicks took a small step forward with a dominant, gritty road win over the San Antonio Spurs.
On Wednesday, they took two big embarrassing steps backward thanks to the Indiana Pacers. New York was cooked to death worse than the Griswolds’ Christmas turkey. Their legs were tired and the defense nonexistent in an awful 122-102 loss.
Even worse, the Knicks’ fatigue manifested as a gross lack of communication all evening. Instead of rallying after the win, they again regressed to an average and uninspired brand of basketball. Being without key defender Nerlens Noel, who sat out with a sore back, didn’t help either.